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October 31, 2005 |
STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES ON THE NOMINATION OF SAMUEL A. ALITO, JR.: (05-580)
President Bush has chosen a highly qualified, outstanding jurist in selecting
Samuel Alito to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Alito is
one of our Nation's most distinguished judges, and in his nearly 30 years of
public service-nearly half of that at the Department of Justice-he has earned a
reputation for excellence that few can equal. (Read more) |
October 28, 2005 |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH S.O.G. SPECIALTY KNIVES, INC. OVER EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR A COAST GUARD RESERVIST (05-579)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement
with S.O.G. Specialty Knives, Inc. (SSK), resolving a lawsuit filed to protect
the rights of a United States Coast Guard reservist who served in Operation
Iraqi Freedom. (Read more) |
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES ANNOUNCES
APPOINTMENTS TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TASK FORCE (05-577)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today announced the
appointment of several high-level Department of Justice officials to serve on
the Department’s Task Force on Intellectual Property. (Read more) |
FORMER FBI INFORMANT SENTENCED FOR NINE FELONIES INCLUDING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE (05-576)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former Federal Bureau of Investigation informant has been
sentenced to 121 months in prison for scheming to deceive the FBI during a
three-and-a-half year federal grand jury investigation in Detroit, Assistant
Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Inspector General
Glenn A. Fine announced today. (Read more) |
MEDIA ADVISORY
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U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, HIGH-TECH LEADERS AND LEGAL SCHOLARS TO HOLD FORUM ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION (05-575)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. government officials including Attorney General Alberto
R. Gonzales, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Senator John Cornyn, and
Representative Lamar Smith will participate in an important in-depth panel
discussion on protecting intellectual property with high-tech industry leaders
and legal scholars on MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2005 at 9:00 A.M. CST. (Read more) |
FORMER ALABAMA GOVERNOR DON SIEGELMAN, OTHERS INDICTED IN RACKETEERING, BRIBERY AND EXTORTION CONSPIRACY (05-568)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former Alabama Governor Don Eugene Siegelman and three other
individuals have been indicted on charges related to a widespread racketeering
conspiracy that included bribery and extortion in exchange for official acts,
the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District
of Alabama announced today. (Read more) |
SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT GRANTS APPEAL OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY (05-567)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thomas O. Barnett, Acting Assistant Attorney General in
charge of the Department’s Antitrust Division, issued the following statement
today after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a district
court decision that would have dismissed an antitrust challenge to the merger of
two Kentucky dairies in United States of America and Commonwealth of Kentucky
v. Dairy Farmers of America Inc. and Southern Belle Dairy Co. LLC: (Read more) |
STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES ON THE EXTRADITION OF BAZ MOHAMMAD: (05-562)
“The extradition of Baz Mohammad, a drug kingpin with links to the Taliban, is
an historic step in our work with the Afghan people to end the dual threat of
narco-terrorism. This first-ever extradition from Afghanistan sends a clear
message to drug lords around the word: Those who seek to destroy American lives
will be brought to justice. I thank President Karzai for his leadership, and I
thank the prosecutors and law enforcement agents of both nations whose
dedication and hard work made today's announcement possible.” (Read more) |
October 27, 2005 |
FORMER REPUBLICAN PARTY FUNDRAISER THOMAS W. NOE
INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (05-573)
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A federal grand jury in Toledo, Ohio has indicted Thomas W.
Noe, a former Republican party fundraiser, for allegedly making illegal campaign
contributions using conduit contributors, Assistant Attorney General Alice S.
Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory A. White of the
Northern District of Ohio announced today. (Read more) |
FORMER DEA CARIBBEAN FIELD DIVISION COUNTRY ATTACHE
PLEADS GUILTY TO SUBMITTING FALSE FINANCIAL REPORTS (05-572)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - James Agee, Jr., a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement
Administration, has pleaded guilty to a charge of submitting false reimbursement
and expenditure reports to the DEA’s Fiscal Unit while serving as the Country
Attache in the DEA’s Caribbean Field Division, Assistant Attorney General Alice
S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Inspector General Glenn A. Fine announced
today. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN VERIZON’S
ACQUISITION OF MCI AND SBC’S ACQUISITION OF AT&T
(05-571)
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Department of Justice announced today that it will require
Verizon Communications Inc. and SBC Communications Inc. to divest portions of
certain local fiber-optic network facilities in order to proceed with their
respective acquisitions of MCI Inc. and AT&T Corp. The Department said that the
transactions, as originally proposed, would have resulted in higher prices for
certain business customers in eight metropolitan areas in Verizon’s franchised
territory and 11 metropolitan areas in SBC’s franchised territory. In other
respects, the Department’s investigation indicated that the transactions are
likely to generate substantial efficiencies that should benefit consumers. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN VERIZON’S
ACQUISITION OF MCI AND SBC’S ACQUISITION OF AT&T (05-571)
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Department of Justice announced today that it will require
Verizon Communications Inc. and SBC Communications Inc. to divest portions of
certain local fiber-optic network facilities in order to proceed with their
respective acquisitions of MCI Inc. and AT&T Corp. The Department said that the
transactions, as originally proposed, would have resulted in higher prices for
certain business customers in eight metropolitan areas in Verizon’s franchised
territory and 11 metropolitan areas in SBC’s franchised territory. In other
respects, the Department’s investigation indicated that the transactions are
likely to generate substantial efficiencies that should benefit consumers. (Read more) |
October 26, 2005 |
SIXTEEN COMPANIES TO PAY A COMBINED $14.9 MILLION FOR CLEANUP COSTS AT SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SUPERFUND SITE (05-566)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sixteen firms will pay $14.9 million for cleanup costs at the
San Gabriel Valley Area 2 Superfund site, the Justice Department and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The EPA’s cleanup calls
for removing contaminants from approximately 30 million gallons per day of
contaminated groundwater in and near Baldwin Park, California, benefiting some
85,000 households. (Read more) |
October 25, 2005 |
COURT BARS “IN-KIND WAGE PAYMENT” TAX SCHEME (05-565)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal court in Boise, Idaho has permanently barred
Michael Lee Yohe and two companies, Ag-Mart Services, Inc. and Mancat, Inc.,
from promoting an alleged employment tax-fraud scheme involving purported
in-kind payments of milk to workers to avoid paying federal employment taxes,
the Department of Justice announced today. The court order, entered by Judge B.
Lynn Winmill of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, requires the
defendants to provide the Justice Department with a list of their dairy-farm
customers and those customers’ employees, including names, addresses and Social
Security or employer identification numbers. (Read more) |
DEFENDANT FACES 18-COUNT INDICTMENT IN FIRST JOINT CRIMINAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INVESTIGATION BY UNITED STATES AND CHINA (05-564)
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Randolph Hobson Guthrie III was arraigned in U.S. District
Court in the Southern District of Mississippi on charges resulting from the
first joint United States-China intellectual property criminal investigation,
the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District
of Mississippi, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced
today. (Read more) |
DEFENDANT FACES 18-COUNT INDICTMENT IN FIRST JOINT CRIMINAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INVESTIGATION BY UNITED STATES AND CHINA (05-564)
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Randolph Hobson Guthrie III was arraigned in U.S. District
Court in the Southern District of Mississippi on charges resulting from the
first joint United States-China intellectual property criminal investigation,
the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District
of Mississippi, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced
today. (Read more) |
October 24, 2005 |
HAWAII BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED FOR TAX EVASION (05-563)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hawaii businessman Michael H. Boulware has been sentenced to
60 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release for 36 months and a
fine of $25,000 for evading income tax, the Department of Justice and the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Boulware, the principal founder
of Hawaiian Isles Enterprises, Inc. (HIE), was sentenced by Senior U.S. District
Judge Edward Rafeedie in Honolulu. The court found that the combined tax loss
to the IRS and the State of Hawaii totaled $8,105,714. (Read more) |
STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES ON THE EXTRADITION OF BAZ MOHAMMAD: (05-562)
“The extradition of Baz Mohammad, a drug kingpin with links to the Taliban, is
an historic step in our work with the Afghan people to end the dual threat of
narco-terrorism. This first-ever extradition from Afghanistan sends a clear
message to drug lords around the word: Those who seek to destroy American lives
will be brought to justice. I thank President Karzai for his leadership, and I
thank the prosecutors and law enforcement agents of both nations whose
dedication and hard work made today's announcement possible.” (Read more) |
PROFESSIONAL TAX RESISTER IRWIN SCHIFF AND TWO ASSOCIATES
CONVICTED IN LAS VEGAS TAX SCAM (05-548)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal jury in Las Vegas, Nevada convicted Irwin Schiff
and two associates, Cynthia Neun and Lawrence Cohen, of aiding and assisting in
the preparation of false income tax returns filed by other taxpayers in
connection with a tax scam, and convicted Schiff and Neun of conspiring to
defraud the United States, the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) announced today. Schiff was convicted on all counts, including
income tax evasion and of filing false income tax returns for the years 1997
through 2002, and Neun was convicted of willfully failing to file federal income
tax returns, Social Security disability fraud, and theft of government property
in connection with Neun’s improper receipt of Social Security disability
benefits. (Read more) |
October 20, 2005 |
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ENCOURAGE MICHIGAN SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW CONSUMER CHOICE IN REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE SERVICES (05-557)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) issued a joint letter today urging the Michigan Senate Committee on
Economic Development, Small Business, and Regulatory Reform to reject House Bill
4849 as currently drafted as the legislation would reduce consumer choice and
cause Michigan consumers to pay more for real estate brokerage services. The
letter stated that the bill would change current law to restrict the ability of
licensed real estate brokers to offer consumers the option to pick the specific
brokerage services they want. (Read more) |
October 19, 2005 |
MEDIA ADVISORY
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES AND FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS TO SPEAK ABOUT HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD TASK FORCE AND TOUR DISASTER RELIEF CENTER (05-556)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and federal and state
officials will meet with the Hurricane Katrina Task Force THURSDAY, OCTOBER
20, 2005 at 10:00 A.M. CDT. (Read more) |
MEDIA ADVISORY
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES TO GIVE
KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC BAR
ASSOCIATION GALA DINNER (05-555)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will give the keynote
address at the National Hispanic Bar Association Gala Dinner TODAY, OCTOBER
19, 2005 at 8:45 P.M. EDT. (Read more) |
MEDIA ADVISORY
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES TO GIVE
KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC BAR
ASSOCIATION GALA DINNER (05-555)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will give the keynote
address at the National Hispanic Bar Association Gala Dinner TODAY, OCTOBER
19, 2005 at 8:45 P.M. EDT. (Read more) |
MEDIA ADVISORY
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES TO GIVE
KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC BAR
ASSOCIATION GALA DINNER (05-555)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will give the keynote
address at the National Hispanic Bar Association Gala Dinner TODAY, OCTOBER
19, 2005 at 8:45 P.M. EDT. (Read more) |
FEDERAL INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON COMPETITION IN ELECTRIC ENERGY MARKETS REQUESTS PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING STUDY MANDATED IN ENERGY POLICY ACT (05-554)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal interagency task force requests comments from the
public pertinent to a study of competition in wholesale and retail electric
energy markets required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The task force,
comprised of representatives from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the
Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission,
and the Department of Agriculture, is to deliver its report to Congress in
August 2006. (Read more) |
FEDERAL INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON COMPETITION IN ELECTRIC ENERGY MARKETS REQUESTS PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING STUDY MANDATED IN ENERGY POLICY ACT (05-554)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal interagency task force requests comments from the
public pertinent to a study of competition in wholesale and retail electric
energy markets required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The task force,
comprised of representatives from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the
Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission,
and the Department of Agriculture, is to deliver its report to Congress in
August 2006. (Read more) |
October 18, 2005 |
DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN CASES INVOLVING
BRIBERY AND FRAUD SCHEMES IN AMERICAN SAMOA (05-553)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The former Director of the American Samoa Department of
Education has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, and the former
Director of the American Samoa Department of Health and Social Services has been
sentenced to 15 months in federal prison, both on charges of conspiring to
commit bribery and fraud concerning federal programs, Assistant Attorney General
Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES DIVESTITURES IN CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL’S ACQUISITION OF STOLT OFFSHORE (05-552)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice announced today that it will
require Cal Dive International Inc. to divest certain diving assets in order to
proceed with its acquisition of assets from Stolt Offshore Inc. and S&H Diving
LLC. The Department said that the transaction, as originally proposed, would
have resulted in increased prices and diminished services for saturation diving
services in the United States Gulf of Mexico. (Read more) |
STAPLES PAYS UNITED STATES $7.4 MILLION
TO RESOLVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT ALLEGATIONS (05-549)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Staples Contract and Commercial, a division of office
products giant Staples, Inc., has paid the United States $7.4 million to settle
allegations that it submitted false claims when it sold office supply products
manufactured in countries not permitted by the Trade Agreements Act to United
States government agencies, the Justice Department announced today. (Read more) |
October 17, 2005 |
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT OF 19 INDIVIDUALS
FILED IN KPMG CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD CASE (05-547)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
today announced the filing of a superseding criminal indictment in the largest
criminal tax case ever filed. Nineteen individuals were charged with conspiracy
to defraud the IRS, tax evasion and obstruction of the Internal Revenue Laws
arising out of illegal tax shelters that Big 4-accounting firm KPMG and others
designed, marketed and implemented. According to the charges, the shelters
generated at least $11 billion in fraudulent phony tax losses and resulted in at
least $2.5 billion in tax evaded by wealthy individuals.
(Read more) |
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT OF 19 INDIVIDUALS
FILED IN KPMG CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD CASE (05-547)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
today announced the filing of a superseding criminal indictment in the largest
criminal tax case ever filed. Nineteen individuals were charged with conspiracy
to defraud the IRS, tax evasion and obstruction of the Internal Revenue Laws
arising out of illegal tax shelters that Big 4-accounting firm KPMG and others
designed, marketed and implemented. According to the charges, the shelters
generated at least $11 billion in fraudulent phony tax losses and resulted in at
least $2.5 billion in tax evaded by wealthy individuals. (Read more) |
U.S . ANNOUNCES MAJOR CLEAN AIR ACT SETTLEMENT
WITH LUCITE INTERNATIONAL (05-546)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection
Agency have reached a major Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Lucite
International, Inc. (Lucite) requiring the chemical manufacturer to install
pollution controls on three emission sources at its Memphis, Tennessee plant,
which will eliminate 6,500 tons of pollution each year. Under the terms of the
settlement announced today, Lucite will install an estimated $16 million worth
of new pollution controls, in addition to paying a civil penalty of $1.8 million
and performing a supplemental environmental project worth $1.3 million. (Read more) |
SERONO TO PAY $704 MILLION FOR THE ILLEGAL MARKETING OF AIDS DRUG (05-545)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Swiss corporation, Serono, S.A., together with its U.S.
subsidiaries and related entities, has agreed to pay $704 million to resolve
criminal charges and civil allegations in connection with illegal schemes to
promote, market and sell its drug, Serostim, the Justice Department announced
today. Serostim is used to treat AIDS wasting, a condition involving profound
involuntary weight loss in AIDS patients. (Read more) |
October 14, 2005 |
RESIDENT OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA PLEADS GUILTY TO
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES AT INDUSTRIAL FACILITY (05-543)
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Jeffery L. Springer of Phoenix, Arizona has pleaded guilty to
violating the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
(HMTA), the Department of Justice announced. (Read more) |
RESIDENT OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA PLEADS GUILTY TO
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES AT INDUSTRIAL FACILITY
(05-543)
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Jeffery L. Springer of Phoenix, Arizona has pleaded guilty to
violating the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
(HMTA), the Department of Justice announced. (Read more) |
WASHINGTON, D.C. MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HIGH-TECH DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(05-542)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bruce A. Schiffer, 34, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty in
Federal District Court today to one count each of using his computer to
advertise, transport, receive and possess child pornography, Assistant Attorney
General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, announced today. (Read more) |
ACTING DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT D. McCALLUM, JR. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ASSOCIATE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL (05-541)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting Deputy Attorney General Robert D. McCallum, Jr. today
announced the appointment of Ronald J. Tenpas as Associate Deputy Attorney
General. Mr. Tenpas will begin service in the Office of the Deputy Attorney
General on November 14, 2005. (Read more) |
FACT SHEET
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MEXICO DANIEL CABEZA DE VACA ANNOUNCE INITIATIVES TO COMBAT NARCOTICS-RELATED VIOLENCE ON THE BORDER
(05-538)
The U.S. and Mexican Attorneys General along with officials from the Offices of
the Attorneys General of the State of Texas and the State of Tamaulipas in
Mexico met in San Antonio today to discuss mutual concerns and to review a
series of law enforcement initiatives to strengthen our coordinated attack on
the narco-violence plaguing the communities on both sides of the border. (Read more) |
U.S. ANNOUNCES CLEAN AIR AGREEMENT WITH EXXONMOBIL (05-533)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - ExxonMobil has reached a comprehensive Clean Air Act (CAA)
agreement that is expected to reduce harmful air emissions by more than 53,000
tons per year at the company’s seven United States petroleum refineries, the
Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. (Read more) |
CLEAN WATER ACT AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED WITH
THE SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1 OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY (05-530)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency today announced they have reached a comprehensive Clean Water
Act settlement with the Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky. (Read more) |
October 13, 2005 |
SAMSUNG AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY AND TO PAY $300 MILLION CRIMINAL FINE
FOR ROLE IN PRICE FIXING CONSPIRACY
(05-540)
Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. (Samsung), a Korean manufacturer of dynamic
random access memory (DRAM) and its U.S. subsidiary, Samsung Semiconductor Inc.,
have agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $300 million fine for participating in
an international conspiracy to fix prices in the DRAM market, the Department of
Justice announced. Samsung’s fine is the second largest criminal antitrust fine
in U.S. history and the largest criminal fine since 1999. (Read more) |
ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MEXICO DANIEL CABEZA DE VACA ANNOUNCE INITIATIVES TO COMBAT NARCOTICS-RELATED VIOLENCE ON THE BORDER (05-537)
WASHINGTON, D.C. B Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Attorney General of
Mexico Daniel Cabeza de Vaca today jointly announced initiatives to enhance the
coordination of U.S. and Mexico law enforcement efforts that combat the
substantial threat of violence posed by narcotics trafficking groups and their
associates operating along the U.S. -- Mexico Border. (Read more) |
October 12, 2005 |
TWO DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA DOCTORS ARRESTED FOR TAX EVASION (05-536)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Leroy Albert Lewis and Roy Albert Lewis, father and son
doctors from Danville, California were arrested on tax fraud charges, the
Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. On
October 6, 2005, a federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment
that charges the doctors with one count of conspiring to defraud the United
States by impeding and impairing the IRS in the ascertainment and collection of
income tax, and each Lewis individually, with four counts of tax evasion for tax
years 1998-2001. The indictment was unsealed today. (Read more) |
FEDERAL JUDGE IN VIRGINIA BARS NORFOLK MAN FROM PREPARING FEDERAL TAX RETURNS FOR OTHERS (05-535)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that a federal court
has barred Anthony McBryde, of Norfolk, Virginia, from preparing federal income
tax returns for others. (Read more) |
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SETTLES LAWSUIT
ALLEGING RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BY THE LA METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (05-534)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement
with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the United
Transportation Union, resolving a lawsuit that alleged employment discrimination
under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Read more) |
October 11, 2005 |
FOREIGN & U.S. FIRMS TO PAY GOVERNMENT NEARLY $25 MILLION
FOR INFLATING CLAIMS MADE TO AMTRAK (05-532)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A joint venture of engineering and construction companies has
agreed to pay the United States $24.75 million to settle allegations that the
firms violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today.
The government asserts the companies violated the False Claims Act by knowingly
submitting inflated claims on Amtrak’s project to electrify the rail corridor
between New Haven and Boston. (Read more) |
October 6, 2005 |
DOJ, EPA Reach Agreement with General Electric to Conduct
Hudson River Dredging (05-527)
Taking another significant step toward cleaning up polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCB's) in the Hudson River, the Justice Department and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) have reached an agreement with the General Electric
Company (GE), requiring it to begin the dredging called for in EPA's 2002 Record
of Decision for the Hudson River PCB's Superfund site. Under the terms of the
consent decree lodged today in federal district court in Albany, New York, GE
will construct the sediment transfer/processing facility needed for the project
and perform the first phase of the dredging according to design plans being
developed under a prior agreement. The dredging is scheduled for the 2007 spring
through fall dredging season. Today's agreement also calls for GE to pay EPA up
to $78 million for the Agency's past and future costs. EPA has already collected
$37 million from GE through past settlements. (Read more) |
October 5, 2005 |
MEDIA ADVISORY
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to Hold Press Conference and Photo Opportunity with European Leaders (05-524)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Homeland Security Secretary Michael
Chertoff together with European leaders will hold a photo opportunity before
meeting to discuss international cooperation on counterterrorism and law
enforcement efforts, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2005 at 9:45 A.M. EDT. Following the
meeting, the participants will hold a joint press conference at 1:15 P.M. EDT.
European leaders will include Home Secretary of the United Kingdom Charles
Clarke, Minister of Interior of Austria Liese Prokop, Minister of Justice of
Austria Karin Gastinger, and Vice President of the European Commission Franco
Frattini. (Read more) |
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announces Appointment of Courtney Simmons Elwood
As Deputy Chief of Staff (05-523)
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today announced the appointment of Courtney
Simmons Elwood to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff at the Department of Justice.
Elwood succeeds Kyle Sampson, who now serves as the Department's Chief of Staff. (Read more) |
Former GSA Chief of Staff David H. Safavian
Indicted for Obstruction of Proceedings and False Statements (05-521)
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has indicted David H. Safavian, the
former chief of staff for the General Services Administration (GSA), on charges
of obstructing a GSA proceeding, obstructing a U.S. Senate proceeding, and
making false statements, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the
Criminal Division announced today. (Read more) |
October 4, 2005 |
Department of Justice Amends Antitrust Lawsuit
Against National Association of Realtors (05-520)
The Department of Justice today amended the complaint in its antitrust lawsuit
against the National Association of Realtors (NAR), charging that the group's
modified policy continues to prevent Internet-based real estate brokers from
offering better services and lower costs to consumers. The lawsuit challenges
NAR rules that limit competition from brokers who use Internet tools to serve
their customers. The new complaint addresses how NAR's changes to its rules
still obstruct competition, threaten to lock in outmoded business models and
inflate prices in the industry. (Read more) |
October 3, 2005 |
Justice Department Seeks to Halt Tax-Fraud Scheme Targeted at
Immigrants From Bosnia (05-518)
The Justice Department announced today that it has asked an Illinois federal
court to bar Guadalupe Valdez, of Rockford, Illinois, from preparing federal
income tax returns for others. The complaint, filed last week in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Rockford, alleges that
Valdez prepared and filed for customers amended federal income tax returns
fraudulently claiming refunds based on their status as Bosnian immigrants.
Valdez also allegedly prepares returns claiming false head-of-household filing
status and false dependent exemptions. (Read more) |
Justice Department Sues Utah Family
To Halt Alleged Tax-Fraud Scheme (05-517)
The Justice Department announced today that it has asked a Utah federal court to
stop several members of a Clawson, Utah family from preparing federal tax
returns for others and from selling alleged tax-fraud schemes. The civil
injunction suit, filed last week in Salt Lake City, alleges that John Justice,
his wife Sandra Justice, his daughters Barbara Justice and Judith Shakespeare,
and his son-in-law Byron Shakespeare have prepared or helped to prepare and file
fraudulent income tax returns for customers since 2001. The complaint also seeks
an order directing the defendants to provide the government a list of their
customers' names, mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone and Social
Security numbers. (Read more) |
Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on
The Nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court: (05-516)
"President Bush has made an exceptional choice in selecting Harriet Miers as his
nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States. I have worked with her for
many years and have seen firsthand her legal acumen and know that she will be a
credit to the Court and this Nation. She has risen to the very top of the legal
profession, earning the respect of all who know her. Ms. Miers would bring to
the Court her brilliance, dedication, and her commitment to the rule of law and
equal access to justice for all" (Read more) |
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